The Depot Theatre is hard at work preparing for its 2014 production season and is ready to announce the shows chosen to liven up the stage this summer. Are you ready? Here are the shows for the Depot's 36th season: My Way, A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra (July … [Read more...] about Depot Theatre Announces 2014 Season
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Adirondack History Center Museum 2014 Event Schedule
We are ready to announce the 2014 season schedule of events for the Adirondack History Center Museum. See the upcoming programs below: May 24: Museum opens May 24 - Oct 13: Marjorie Lansing Porter exhibit on view, 60th Anniversary of the Essex County Historical … [Read more...] about Adirondack History Center Museum 2014 Event Schedule
Essex County Stocking 47,000 Trout
Fishermen (and women) should be happy to hear that the Essex County Fish Hatchery in Crown Point will soon begin (if it has not already begun) stocking local waters with thousands of trout, and this year the hatchery is thinking big. This year the hatchery plans to stock … [Read more...] about Essex County Stocking 47,000 Trout
New Children’s Books at Essex Library
The news in Essex is that the duck "pond" by the ferry is getting bigger by the day. That must mean that Spring is here and it is warming up. We have a great view of the lake from the library. We have a new rotating collection of children's and young adult books to share with … [Read more...] about New Children’s Books at Essex Library
Rattlesnakes, Rumbling, and Rock
Now that spring is just around the corner, I called the chair of the herpetology department at Plattsburgh State, Dr. C. Horridus, for an update on the local timber rattlesnake situation. Essex is home to a number of the rattlers on Split Rock Mountain. Dr. Horridus told me that, … [Read more...] about Rattlesnakes, Rumbling, and Rock